COM 107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Seditious Libel, Creative Nonfiction, Yellow Journalism
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Ch 8 - newspapers: the rise and decline of modern journalism. The novelty and entrepreneurial stages of print media development first happened in. Europe with the rise of the printing press. Seditious libel is defaming a public official"s character in print. Political papers were known as the partisan press. They were an early dominant style of american journalism distinguished by opinion newspapers, which generally argued one political point of view or pushed the plan of that particular party that subsidized the paper. (forerunner of the editorial pages) The commercial press served business leaders who were interested in economic issues. (forerunner of the business section) The penny press era: newspapers become mass media. Human-interest stories are news accounts that focus on the daily trials and triumphs of the human condition, often featuring ordinary individuals facing extraordinary challenges. These stories reveal journalism"s ties to literary traditions, such as the archetypal conflicts between good and evil, normal and deviant, or individuals and institutions.
